The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-21
ITEMS In THREE STATES.
GEORGIA, FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA PUT IN TYPE.

IIEM0 LIN lHhEE NIAlEN.
GEORGIA, FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA PUT IN TYPE.
Mormon Proselytes in Grady--Mc-
Donough's Smart Citizens Quit.
mans Melon Record-Strike of Pied
mont Fair Workmen-An Albany
Boys Good Luck Salvationists a
Nuisance at Athens.
GEORGIA.
Albany wants park.
MontezumaiteS are hankering after a
barbecue.
The Palmetto High School closes Tuesday
with appropriate exercises.
Abbeville high school will close on the
night OF June 80 with concert.
The Camilla Academy has examinations
this week, closing Friday June "A.
Horseback riding is now the most popu-
lar diversion i'll Atlanta among both sexes
Judge Marshall ]. Clarke will commence
the trial of divorce cases Wednesday at At
lanta.
A large number of Atlanta's colored
people excurted to Macon Monday via the
East Tennessee.
For the convenience of the melon men at
Baconton the telegraph office there was re-
opened yesterday.
A young Darienite will in few days lead
to Hymens altar one of Atlanta's accom-
plished daughters.
Bishop Key will preside at District Con-
ference to be held in Sparta embracing the
fourth Sunday in July
The Methodist church at Powelton will be
dedicated on the first Sunday in July Rev
"A M Thiorraan1 will r1l.a oh tba
The Early County Neics entered upon its
twenty eighth volume last week. 1t deserves
IA good patronage from the people of that
section.
George Bussey (colored), living in Abbey
vile, has collard II inches high, 5 feet II
inches across; one leaf measuring 3 feet in
length.
The original charter of the town of Sparta
is out of place. 1t is thought that some
one took it home to examine it and forgot to
return it.
Two car loads of melons were shipped
from Leesburg on Tuesday. One from Ba-
ronton was to go Wednesday and Pelham
was to send off two.
w. Brantley johnson, an Oglethorpe boy,
but now of Birmingham, Ala, was married
on Thursday of last week to Miss Sallie
Feagin, of Sumter county, Ga.
The Marshallville Times has seen returns
OF about twenty bushels of peaches and
pluns sent to New York, which it says paid
profit OF nearly s. per bushel.
Miss Octavia Coleman, of South Carolina,
a niece of Mrs. Dr.. Mccall, died suddenly
In Quitnan of heart disease, superinduced
by measles, on Saturday night last.
Several families of Mormons left Grady
last week for Utah. Strange, indeed, that in
this enlightened age people with ordinary
intelligence can be duped in this way.
Camilla sent off her first car load of
melons on Monday and they have been
going daily all the week. Plenty of melons
for sale were in tow ON last Saturday.
A number of dogs, supposed to have been
bitten by the mad dog which recently
treated SO much excitement at Tallapoosa
have since been shot, and still the work
goes on.
The weather signals, which had been
withdrawn from Athens for the past few
months, have been re-established, and will
Sbe displayed as usual from the pole ON top
tpf the hotel
The public schools of Athens closed
"Wednesday. and /, 200 boys and girls are
enjoying the summer holidays When they
hleet again in September, two large brick
Buildings will be ready for use.
Mrs Sallie Rogers, aged 80 years, walked
from her home to HartwelI, distance Of
four miles, one day recently, without evinc-
ing fatigue. Longevity is one of the at
tractive features of Hart county. -
The colored Methodists of McDonough
pre- getting ON finely with their church
pudding Their minister, Rev. E. D. Ged-
Hins, has done great deal towards raising
fhe funds for building the church.
I Uncle Johnnie Tingle, of McDonough,
who is the rise of IS years, is blowing crop
Pt twenty acres. The crop is in good condi-
zion, and the old gentleman puts in the
whole OF his time between the plow handles
A movement was commenced last week
pm Buena Vista for the purpose of organ.
izing bank There were twenty-eieht
shares, representing $50 each, subscribed in
p few minutes, and up to Thursday noon
there were tifty-five shares subscribed.
The Salvation Army continues in Athens,
and is fast becoming a first-class nuisance.
so the people say. They meet every night
and sing, shout and beat tambourines until
midnight. They are sending men all over
the country, and one of their camps will be
at every wide place in the road
The Townsville Young Female College
commencement began with the sermon
last Sunday. Graduating exercises on
Tuesday evening and the grand concert on
"Wednesday, June %. President Baker is a
veteran among college presidents and is do
Ing grand work for Townsville.
Up to Friday morning eighty cars of
melons had been billed and shipped from
puitman. OF these, forty-two were shipped
West and thirty-eight East. This does
hot include the cars shipped from Dixie,
which would swell the number shipped from
Brooks county to at least 100 carloads.
w. T. Cooper, of Arnold Mills, says that
on retiring one night last week he found
that he had for his bedmate huge highland
hloccasin. He did not treat him according
10 the old rule, kick him sprawiing on the
floor, but quietly crept out of bed himself
Rnd used his walking cane on the snakes
bead. ''Such are the horrors of bachelor
lifen
Some of Tallapoosas enterprising citizens
propose that they have big barbecue and
, grand old-fashioned celebration on the
Fourth Of July. Quite a respectable sub
tcription wasraised for the purpose in few
hours. By prompt and united action it
pould yet be made a success, and it would
be telling advertisement for their wide
awake little city.
The closing exercises of Walnut Grove high
lchool, Chattoogaville, will take place June
q and %. Examination exercises will be
public, commencing ON Wednesday, June
p: Entertainment by the little folks at
hight. Also examination Thursday; enter
taiIlment Thursday night by the larger pll-